The comment was made that "the old school idea is to teach the process of
science, and let the personal take care of itself."
I would agree in part with this statement. Whilst not totally advocating a
"leave your troubles at the doorstep, you're a lab robot now" approach, I
feel there is a definite need to separate personal and professional life
which applies equally to students. After all most grad' students are at an
age where, only a generation ago, they would have been in full time
work. Many (both inside and outside science) see a graduate education as a
luxury, and a delaying tactic to avoid getting a "real" job. Thankfully
they are few and far between, but that does not change the point that just
because you are a student does not give you an excuse to be any less
professionally minded than if you were working full time.
On the subject of this newsgroup - I've been reading the archives about
once a week for 5 years or so, and contributing occasionally when I have a
spare minute at lunchtime. Thankfully haven't been badly flamed (so far ;-)
Regarding grants, I'm of the opinion "bugger the regulations and apply
anyway". Although grant writing is a pain, it's a really good excercise
for focusing where your research is going, and giving you new insights into
the stuff you stare at blankly every day in your lab notebook. Even if it
doesn't get considered fro review, you're bound to get something out of the
process, such as some nice figures to put in a paper, or some good
preliminary data to show at a conference.
Regards
PSB
_________________________________________
Dr. Paul S. Brookes. (brookes at uab.edu)
UAB Department of Pathology, G004 Volker Hall
1670 University Blvd., Birmingham AL 35294 USA
Tel (001) 205 934 1915 Fax (001) 205 934 1775
http://peir.path.uab.edu/brookes
The quality of e-mails can go down as well as up
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://iubio.bio.indiana.edu/bionet/mm/womenbio/attachments/20010130/0f84e4b1/attachment.html
